The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…

Answ. Answ. You will all say thus, that if a man seeth the picture of another, and as soon ⟨p. 37⟩as he seeth it, he falleth a tearing of it, and the more like the picture is to the man, the more he teareth it: surely this man was an enemy to him whom the picture is like unto, so when men shall fall a tearing of Gods people, and therefore because they are godly, are not they enemies to God?

Answ. Answ. You will all say thus, that if a man seeth the picture of another, and assoon ⟨p. 37⟩as hee seeth it, hee falleth a tearing of it, and the more like the picture is to the man, the more hee teareth it: surely this man was an enemy to him whom the picture is like unto, so when men shall fall a tearing of Gods people, and therefore because they are godly, are not they enemies to God?

Secondly. Consider Psal. 68. 21. there is a plain place to show you who are Gods enemies, saith the Psalmist, But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy ¹scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses. Such as go on still in their trespasses, are Gods enemies, there is no child of God but may and doth fall into sin, he may •aile in his speech, and in his ⟨p. 38⟩practise, but it is the character ²of the world to lie in wickedness. and therefore know you such an one as hath been a drunkard and a drunkard still, a swearer, eight, nine, or ten years ago, and a swearer still, a Sabbath-breaker, a liar, an adulterer a great while ago, and so still, that man is an enemy, and in due time the Lord will wound the hairy scalp of such a ruffian, for he is an enemy.